combined military forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The British Armed Forces are the military services that defend the United Kingdom, made up of the Army, Navy, and Air Force working together. They matter because they protect the country's security, support its government's interests internationally, and are one of the world's largest military organizations.
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The British Armed Forces are the unified military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid. The force is known as His Majesty's Armed Forces due to the British monarch's status as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
Since the formation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 (later succeeded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, and finally by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927), the British Armed Forces have seen action in most major wars involving the world's great powers, including the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the First World War and the Second World War. Britain's victories in most of these wars allowed it to influence world events and establish itself as one of the world's leading military and economic powers. The British Armed Forces consist of: the Royal Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 62 commissioned and active ships, together with the Royal Marines, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry force; the British Army, the UK's land warfare branch; and the Royal Air Force, a technologically sophisticated air force with a diverse operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The British Armed Forces include standing forces, the Regular, Volunteer and Sponsored Reserves.
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